Ventilated freight car



Feb. 28,1928.

w. E. WINE VENTILATED FREIGHT CAR 2 Sheets-Sheet. i

Filed Ndv; a. L925 Lngnlor;

VVilZiazn ELY/Wine,

Feb. 28, 1928. 1,660,736

w. E.'WINE VENTILATED FREIGHT CAR 4 Filed Nov. 9. 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 vi 5 h M E y 3 Inventor:

\AZi'ZZiam EVVi'ne,

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, Patented Feb. 28, 192a WILLIAMEIIWINEIOFTOLEDO, m;

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. My tinvention-z'relateseto new and useful improvements. in; the ventilationHof-box .CB-IS, mnd-hasaforlan object to;arrange1.the ventilators to;:. proc ure a more-perfect'ventilation than. hasfheretofore been lpossiblezin" freight :cars aandwto also so, support some; of the.

ventilators adjacent .uthewside doors .qso, [that ;-.the:- one. wooden support or. tdoorr postf will disadvantages; inaaddingventilators toathe,

2128.1 .doorsr-aas they naturally wincrease -the weight :of; thelfdoor. .1 v I have. found that i if wnadditionala wentilaters are placedadj aeent utilationa'is greatly increased,

e I.-iha,ve-.=.-also .Lfound that ifwventilators mare prov'idedin staggered: relation on the opways, with additional. ventilators at the-sides v.oiitheear, butanearits ends the ventilation is. still. further .ine reased,=. and the present ap- .iplieationi has, :toizdo. withl this arrangement ...and.- the-nvariousi features mabe I hereinafter .pointedtout.

eWith these .and .lother obj sets. in tview, the

- ..-..invention. eonsiststine-certain new "and.. novel -arrangements andtcombination oi :parts as;

will. .-be.rhereinaftenamoreli fully. described /wise, not possible.

.1 .lteferringwno'w toathe .drawings, -showing a preferred embodiment of the invention, of a freight car having the ventilators ar ranged adjacent the vdoor openings and in staggered relation.

Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view showing how the door post acts as a support for one edge of theventilators, adjacent thereto, and also as a stop in closing the car door. Fig. 3 is a side elevation on a reduced scale showing the ventilators adjacent the door opening and a ventilator appearing near theupper corner of one end of the car, and another ventilator on the opposite side at the other end of the car, and

detail, and fOIHhllGwPIfGSGHtgt-O Rigs. "3 and 4 ..:-(see Fig.- 4).

".1; {is a:hofiaontal;sectionalqviewntaken "on 11118 4-4 of 31g. 3,-sh0wing. therl cation. 2.101: the several. :ventilators. i

. Referring. :IlOW to l the. drawings yg-more, in

I have shown a-frei-ght-ear .lhaving .thefldoor openings 2 and 3,'and.their respective-doors lfiand 5. .eAdjacent- .theg openingl :3 rare .the

two .ventilators 6, and, 7-, ,I whilea,djacent;= the openl ng. 2. are the two=-,ventilat0rs Bland; 9,, athese-ventilators appearing instaggered relat1on ,-v similar to the position rof ithe v-enti'la- .torse- 1nmy gopendingp application,.jiSerial No. l6,985.- 1 In the present. invention, instead .101}; ro-

vidingventilators at theoppositeendso the -.car, ,as shown. n my. eopending application,

I position a ventilator.. loainithe upperaleft I hand 5 corner on; the side -of.- the car, while .at the other 1.. side ofthe can andk-neari't-he In .the-.r..common, practice; 0f nbH-llCll Ilg freight :cars', a ladders.is=-providedaon the one side ofthe doorway, and mestaggered melationyin opposite. sides-of the, car, the vensides of the car near its opposite ends,-,and

I-have shownonegatem and..therother at"'1 3 .right hand corner, 1 position a ventilator wllu I I have :found' this arrangement gpretera-ble I v Qfor. the .two. end ventilators, rash in each in- .positesidesiofthecar, andradj acentthedoor g V the ,dadder, instead .of directly :behind .the

stance,'.: the #vehtilator; is across the wear from same, where it might 'bepossiblevfor a trainman .to .catch; :hisaf'ootiin. the ventilator :and .;thereby tinj ure himself;- .01. cause. him, to fall a while: mounting. or dismounting .the .car. 1

p Ihhave-also.foundithatit is preferable vto y .mount the ventilators. 1 1 0 and :11 in tithe sides of the car near the endsithereoflrrather than:.-in the endss themselves, .as this-permits of a crossscir-eulation zoi air; WhiChi'iS other- ;In'Eig 4, I.- .havef shoiwn gby-aarrows. a.

, cross. circulation ,.of "air cforlthe 403,1, and"; it igu'; lpsis asfzragmentary side OlGWLtlOI] hot air to escape from the upper portion of the car, while the lower ventilators of the car permit the ingress of the fresh coolair.

Any form of ventilators might be used, but preferably the Wine type, of which I am the patentee. V f

The upper ventilators also permit the stale a door stop and a support for the two ventip as strengthening the post I of which passes a bolt 16 lators. The door '5 when closed will abut the projection of the doorpostle, thus doing away with an additional door stop, and the post also formsa means for supporting the adjacent edges orsides of the two ventilators 6 and 7. As may also be seen in Fig.

2, andin-dotted lines in Fig. 1, an upright or post 18 is placed between the sheathing of the car, and abolt 19 is 7 side of the ventilator frame to-the post.

Although Fig. 2 shows but one ventilator, it Will be understood that both ventilators are secured between the two posts in a similar manner. V V The door post on the. opposite side of the car'from thatshown in. Fig. 2 is identical 'and the arrangement of the several posts 18 the same, but in this instance, the com bine'd door post and stop 20 (Fig. at) is diagonal to the previously mentioned one, 1 4, the door, of course,-moving from the opposite direction. I p

It will be appreciated from above that the installing of the ventilators in thecar is greatly SlDlPllllGCLtlldt the labor is lessened,

' and furthermore, the door posts acting in a the manner above outlined simplifies the construotlon and deducts from the cost of the installation.

It will also be seen that the arrangement of the several ventilators outlined make it possible to thoroughly ventilate the car from end to end which is necessary for the cars thatare used especially in the southeastern territory. p

I am aware that it 1S old in the art, such as'in Wands, 370,667 of September 1887,'to

provide ventilators in the upper corners of a car,

' instance, no means is provided for the ingress of fresh air, and unless the staggered" or produce railway car.

present. application has to do with the stagside frame 17 of" shown tying this but it will be appreciated that in this neeoyse ventilators as shown in applicants device are provided, the scientific arrangement of ventilation is not produced.

Lam also aware that it is old in the art to provide slats in a poultry car, or in a fruit However, the

gored relation of the ventilators so as to produce the many cross currents as heretoi'ore described, and to also provide a means forreduoing the lnstallatlon to a minimum,

and atthe same time performing the several functions with the one instrumentality'.

Many slight'changes might be made without in any way departing from the'spirit and scope of the inventioIL' i Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure'by Let vters Patent is 1. A freight car ha-vingthe usual closed ends and sidesand the usual ladders arranged on the sides of the car'near the opposite ends and diagonally across'from each other, the said car ings' in its sides and door posts forming respectively one side of each of saidopenings,

said door posts extending outwardl'y' to form door stops, ventilators secureid to said door posts, and nieansfor supportinglthe remaining' sides of the respectiveventilators, and further ventilators located near the ends of the car and respectively directly across from the ladders. V 2. A freight car having the usual closed ends and sides and theusual' ladders 'ari as I provided with door openranged on the sides of the car near the opposite ends and diagonally across'from each other, the said car provided with door openings in its'sides' and door posts forming re-J spectively one side of each of said openings, said door posts extending outwardly to form door stops, vent1latorssecured to said door posts and on the respectlveopposite sides from the direction of opening.

movement of'said respective doors, means forsupporting the remaining sides of the respective ventilators, and further-ventilators located near the'ends of vthe'carfand respectively directly across from the ladders.

In testimony whereof I affixmy: signature. Y

' WILLIAM 

